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Just listening to this right now. Gish will always be my favourite but this is filling me full of nostalgia. Sweet Sweet , Luna , Rocket etc. Whats the new stuff like anybody?

I skip number 2, which sucks willy, but the rest, especially Soma = OH My GOD.

but i hate rocket

I'm surprised to expressions of ambivalence about a given track. Sure, there'll be people who just don't rate the Pumpkins and so couldn't give a shit about the album, but for some reason it never occurred to me that someone might really like it except for this track or that one.

While nothing they've done since Gish and Siamese Dream matches the brilliance of those two albums, I actually quite like their post-SD stuff (though I reckon Mellon Collie is patchy) — including the last album. The only issue I have with Zeitgeist is the mix, which is AWFUL. It would've been a great album if it'd been produced more after the fashion of Siamese Dream.

Really looking forward to the 11 EPs.

"Landslide" and "Dancing In The Moonlight" are great.

I also found the Zero single. :(

that record changed my life. My cat is called Soma. I am one of the fans who wishes they would stop flogging the dead horse though. It's over Billy.

SP were my favourite band circa 1994. I listened to this album to death. Now I'm considering doing it all over again. Soma is most definately my favourite track. Mayonnaise a close second.

I wish the Radio/TV had not destroyed Today for me. It was one of the best songs of the 90s :(

I'm going to listen to it right now.

thought Zeitgeist had some good tracks but not impressed with the mix. What did you think of their reading performance 2007?

Flawless IMO.

said tape is in my car stereo at present.

Helped by their SD tour in sept 93 being the first 'proper' gig I ever went to (Wolves Civic Hall).

Gish and Siamese are truly great albums, Piceses Iscariot is better than most bands A-siders

but I'm not sure. But those first 2 albums, plus the B-sides one are all pretty much perfect.

The first half is absolutely phenomenal. The second half has a few tracks I could do without but then there's Mayonnaise, which would be my favourite Smashing Pumpkins song were it not for 1979.

Quite honestly, at their best they were capable of writing songs so good they make you feel like your chest is about to cave in. It's embarassing to witness them still lurching on as a flaccid parody of themselves.